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Technology Stocks : Rambus (RMBS) - Eagle or Penguin -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: unclewest who wrote (23118)	6/21/1999 1:05:00 PM
From: Jdaasoc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Unclewest: We may see RDRAM in laptops @ PCEXPO. Fall 99 IDF is going to cover RDRAM in laptops. crn.com Portability Emerges As Show Theme By Jennifer Hagendorf New York 12:26 PM EST Fri., June 18, 1999 Portability and connectivity are major themes for product launches expected this week at PC Expo. Behind closed doors here, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., plans to demonstrate future mobile technology, including processors for notebook PCs produced on its new 0.18-micron manufacturing process technology, industry sources said.

To: unclewest who wrote (23118)	6/21/1999 1:07:00 PM
From: Al Serrao	Respond to of 93625

THREAD, I recently heard Gates speaking about the next 3-5 years in technology, and it was all about enabling technologies that would expand bandwidth. Certainly that's RMBS but I am also interested in other companies that are also involved. If you have any other good candidates,please post. Many thanks.

To: unclewest who wrote (23118)	6/21/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: Ian Anderson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Sort of OT? A bit of market research. Disk I/O is often the limiting factor in computer performance, rather than CPU/Memory issues. I propose to manufacture a small box which plugs in your IDE cable between Computer and hard disk. It has 72 or 144 Mb of Rambus, and an ASIC inside, and for safety a small Battery, enough to power its circuitry and your hard disk for 60 seconds if the power fails. It predicts which data you will use soon, based on history, and reads it into memory, whenever the hard disk would be idle. It also buffers data to be written to the disk later, so your system thinks that this happens almost instantly, and does not wait. The box costs around $300. It makes an IDE drive perform better than a fast SCSI, and takes 5 minutes to install. Who would buy one? Ian